A More Expansive View of International Business

Toyne, Brian; Nigh, Douglas

doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490056

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“…Examples of organizations include entire entities such as multinational enterprises, corporations, and firms, as well as parts of these organizations, such as establishments, business units, subsidiaries, and geographies. b See Toyne and Nigh (1998).…”

Section: System-level Dividesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Myth of “the” Micro-Macro Divide: Bridging System-Level and Disciplinary Divides

Molloy

Ployhart

Wright

2010

Journal of Management

126

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Section: System-level Dividesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Myth of “the” Micro-Macro Divide: Bridging System-Level and Disciplinary Divides

Molloy

Ployhart

Wright

2010

Journal of Management

126

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“…Put differently, we assert the need to move internationalization theorizing beyond the positivist position that considers reality and person as objective and independent domains. Here we join the plea for an ontological and epistemological renewal in the field (Sullivan, 1998;Sullivan & Daniels, 2008;Toyne & Nigh, 1998). What is envisioned here is that at the same time reality is dependent upon subjective interpretation, it is also objective in the sense that it is inter-subjectively negotiated, shared and sustained (Berger & Luckmann, 1966;Sandberg & Targama, 2007).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 62%

The role of interpretation in the internationalization of smaller Brazilian firms

Seifert

Child

Rodrigues³

2012

BAR, Braz. Adm. Rev.

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This study considers how decision-makers in smaller firms interpret the means and conditions of internationalization, and how different modes of interpretation are likely to inform action choices in this process. Drawing on 58 qualitative interviews with the leaders of Brazilian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the clothing industry located in the state of Paraná, the results support the contention that different understandings given to the means/conditions of internationalization are associated with different action choices. More specifically, the results indicate that: (a) interpretation changes the criteria and parameters by which rational choices on internationalization are made; (b) a comprehensive explanation of internationalization on the basis of situational characteristics is likely to be inconclusive without taking into account decision-makers' interpretations; (c) particular meanings given to internationalization are likely to inform choice in different ways, (d) managers act on the basis of their inter-subjectively negotiated, shared and sustained reality; and (e) investigative proximity with practitioners is pivotal in order to comprehensively account for their interpretations.

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“…What distinguishes the quest for methods from the attainment phase is a stand regarding a general theory that could provide a clear parameter of culture -scholars in the quest for methods phase did not have it and were actively searching for it -and scholars in the attainment phase, at least those positioned in the mainstream of the field, assume that they have it and therefore have focused their efforts on issues of methodology. As the international management field moved through the quest for methods and attainment phases, the emphasis on these issues fluctuated according to the degree to which scholars within the field have attempted to find out what is the field's raison d'être (e.g., Toyne & Nigh, 1998). During the quest for methods phase, scholars focused on developing a science of culture that could allow the comparison of managerial practices among different nations.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%